James aitciiison



(No Model.)

J. AITCHISON.

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Patented May 24, 1898.

UNiTnn STnTns lPATnNT @TriceO JAMES AITCIHSON, OF DUNEDIN, NEW ZEALAND.

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SPEGFIGATON forming part of Letters Patent No. 604,648, dated viay 2d,1898.

l Application tiled September 3, 1897. Serial No. 650,434. (No model.)

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Be it known that l, JAMES AITCHISON, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, and a resident of 2 Commercial Chambers, ldanse street,Dunedin, Utago, in the Colony of New Zealand, have invented new anduseful lmprovements in and Relating to Portiere-Rods, of which thefollowing is a speciiication.

My invention relates to improvements in supports for curtains orportieres used to cover doors and for similar purposes, and has for itsobject to provide a support whereby the curtain or portiere may besuspended so as to be raised and swung with the door in a simple andinexpensive manner.

Myinvention consists in the novel devices hereinafter described andclaimed and will be clearly understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawing, which shows in full lines the position of the support when thedoor is closed and shows in dotted lines the position assumed as thedoor is opened upon its hinges in the usual way.

The support comprises a vertical rod a and a horizontal rod a, thelatter being either formed integral with the former or rigidly linedupon the upper end thereof at right anglcs thereto and being ofsufficient length to extend across the doorway, and a diagonal rod c,which is rigidly connected to the vertical rod d at or near its lowerend and also rigidly connected to the horizontal rod a at or near itsswinging` end, as seen at c c' in the drawing. rlhe rods are allstraight.

l he vertical rod a is inclosed by a plurality of eyebolts, staples, orequivalent devices a2, by means of which the support may be so hingedupon the door-post b as to allow the said support to swing in ahorizontal plane, the uppermost one of such attaching` devices a2 beingapplied to the door-post at such a height as to always support thehorizont-al rod a above the upper edge of the door, as shown, and thelowermost one of said attaching` devices a2 being applied to thedoor-post at such a height above the point of connection between thesaid vertical rod and the diagonal rod c as to allow the support toslide upward a short distance above its normal position, as shown indotted lines. The said eycbolts or equivalent attaching devices a2 arefixed into or upon the door-post in a vertical line at some distance toone side of the line of the hinges of the door,so that as the doorisopened its swinging edge will move inwardly across the curtain orportiere support by reason of the distance between the pivotal points ofthe two, as also seen in dotted lines.. This tendency of the door tomove inwardly across the support is utilized to raise the said supportby iixing upon the face of the door d an eyebolt, staple, or equivalentdevice c2, which incloses the diagonal rod c, the effect of opening thedoor being` to cause the said diagonal rod c to wedge77 upwardly throughthe said eyebolt or equivalent device c2, raising the support more orless as the door is opened more or less, as will be readily understoodand as seen in dotted lines in the drawing. It will thus be seen thatwhen the door is closed the support for the curtain or portiere willfall to its normal position (shown in full lines) and the curtain orportiere will hang normally; but upon the door being` opened the saidsupport will be correspondingly raised, as above described, lifting withit the curtain or portiere clear et' the floor and out of the way of thebottoni ci the door.

lt will be seen that l provide an extremely simple, and consequentlycheap, support for the curtain or portiere and one that will work easilyand eiectively.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent oi the United States, is

l. A curtain or portiere support of the character described, comprisinga vertical rod; a horizontal rod fixed upon the upper end of saidvertical rod; a diagonal rod rigidly fixed at its ends to said verticaland horizontal rods; eyebolts or equivalent devices loosely mounted uponsaid vertical rod; and an eyebolt or equivalent device loosely mountedupon said diagonal rod, as and for the purposes described.

2. The combination with a swinging door and its hinge-post; of a curtainor portiere support comprising a vertical rod, a horizontal rod fixedupon the upper end of said ver tical rod,and a diagonal rod rigidlyconnected to both of said rods; a plurality of eyebolts or equivalentdevices loosely inclosing said vertical rod and attached in a verticalline to the hinge-pest of said door at some distance IOO to one side ofthe hinges thereof; and an eyebolt or equivalent device looselyinclosing said diagonal rod and fixed upon said door, substantially asand for the purposes described.

3. The combination with a swinging door and its hinge-post; of a curtainor portire support comprising a vertical rod hinged to the saidhinge-post of the door, and at solne distance to one side of the hingesof the latter, and having a longitudinal as Well as a rotary movement; ahorizontal rod Xed upon the upper end of said Vertical rod and eX-tending transversely above the doorway; and a diagonal rod rigidlyconnected at its ends to said vertical and horizontal rods and passingthrough a guide fixed upon the face of the door, and having alongitudinal movement in said guide, substantially as described.

JAMES AllCI-IISON.

Vitnesses:

W. E. HUGHES, E. S. BALDWIN.

